‘ \ DECEMBER 1

Feed Shortage In United States

There Ls a. feed shortage in the United States due to the effects of p... recent drought. A recnt sur- vgy shows that‘ the total feed and lorage supply is sufficient to pro- vide only a little more than a sub- nsrence ration for livestock in m; drought areas and rations be- low normal in other States if the present reduced‘ numbers of ani- mail are maintained, according to the Agricultural Department of the Canadian National Railways. The government of the United States is making special efforts to stimu- late conservation and use of avail- bale supplies of roughage and feeds. It is anticipated that this shortage will result in greater im-

s. 1934

Dandelions

The dandelion is one of the fous weeds the must con‘ importance of his hay fields permanent pastures. Perhaps

pidit’ with which the weed

tlon. Iethbridge,

ed out. and it

ports of wheat and increased sub- ° p‘

stitution of this grain for corn in feeding.

The Beekeepers’ ' Holiday‘

(ndtpfifilflélltll; Farms Note) Apiary work is flnnshed, the bees have been fed and snugly packed away in their winter qilarters an-l will requte no further (attention until. next spring, therefore, unless ingaged in some o'her full time pu- suit. the beekecpcr will have coll- siderable spare time at his disposal for the next four or five mcnths. This time, however, should not be ‘ wasted for there are many ways in which it can be profitably expended. conventions and. short courses arc the order of the day during the fail and winter months. and every bee- keeper would be well advised to at- tend as many gatherings aspossible, for no matter how good a beekeep- er one many be, new ideas are al- ways available at such meetings. It may sometimes be tiresome to sit and listpn to omcial addresses, but | the friendly open discussion". that usually follow such addresses are Iextremely valuable and many a profitable ides ia picked up from them. There will be meetings of the local 01,, izations, and one can help to‘ make such organiza- tions useful and successful by at- tending. Then there will be the Provincial Association Conventions which are important because prob- I iems affecting the beekeeping in- dustry of the whole province in which one lives are iscussed. Some of the Agricultural colleges provide short courses which are especially valuable to beginners, but the pro- fessionai beekecpsra may also be benefited by‘ (sit . On De-' cember 1'1. c. glint International Congress of bee-keepers is to be held at Valdosta. Georgia. It p. mises to be one of the greatest beekeep- | rrs meetings ever held in America. i and all who possibly can do so should make an attempt to be pre- sent. Conventions and meetings.

however. will‘ not.fill all thespare "

time. but there is an abundance of valuable and interesting literature available. and many a profitable hour can be spent with books. bul- letins or Journals that were per- haps cast aside unread during the rush of the summer months. Aside from conventions. short courses, etc.. one should not overlook the fact that the slack period of win- ter also offers an excellent oppor- tunity of putting all equipment in- lo working conditon before the ac- iive season of 1036 begins.

Gerard Resigns As Coach Of

alfalfa

superseded by the dan‘ ‘inn that it was merely a case of

age. the dandelions ed that the alfalfa plants were making a. meagre growth. it

ten unthrifty where no weeds curred. Further observations

a number of years in the past

had been broken up. and used for other crops for a few years, then rue-seeded to alfalfa. This in- dicated quite clearly that the grow- 1118 of alfalfa for a number of years had mndered the soil unfit for the crop and that the presence of the dandelions was a. secondary factor.

"Ilop dressing with barnyard man- .the Lethbridge Station. but did not keep the dandellons in check. In the

ure had helped alfalfa at

spring of i831. a field where alfalfa was very unthrifty and

dandelions had become well estab- lished. was treated with 100 pounds of triple superphosphate per acre. drilled into the soil about one-half inch deep with a fertilizer drill. leaving a strip unfertilized as s.

check. The first cutting of hay not noticeably benefited by fertilizer but the effect on

second cutting was startling. The ;unthrifty growth gave place to a heavy clop of hay that completely

overshadowed tl\\. dandclions.

For three years the alfalfa maintained its vigivnr and, dandelion plants

with proper fertilization

it does most weeds. . ..,.-¢--_-__.. CIIIJPSTOW SCHOOL

Roll of Chepstow school for month of November.

Grade X-i Mary Ellen MacDon-

aid

i Grade IX-—l Marguerite MacDon-

aid Daniel Nolan.

Grade V-l Betty MacDonald. z Mac-

Septimus MaePhee. 3 Alice Donald. Grade IV-l

Donald. Grade II-l Elijah Nolan.

Grade I (a) 1 Arthur Mooney. , Grade I (b) 1 Joseph MacDonald

. 2 Madeline Nolan.

The Eagles.

10.1’. lyGuardinlfe Special Wire)

3'1‘. LOUIS, Dec. -4—Elddie Ger- ard. coach of St. Louis Eagles who have lost 11 of their l3 games so iar in the- National Hockey League, "threw up the sponge" today.

George "Buck" Boucher, who coached the Eagles last season when they were the Ottawa Sena- tors, immediately stepped back in- to his old shoes. l-Iis appointmegit was made known simultaneous with announcement that Gerard had offered his resignation and lhat it (had been accepted.

K

Perfect attendance, Mary Ellen MacDonald. Madeline Nolan, Muriel MacDonald

MacDonald, ' Mabel Winnie MacDonald-Teacher.

__._._.___ NORTH RIVER AND VICINITY

m.

Mfflllla

I

Mr. Wm. Gillispie was a recent

visitor to the City.

Miss Greta Haggcrty has Mum- ed to her home in ‘Traced-re. York Pi...

Mtss Mary MlcM-iliicn.

ls attending Ol-rtow-n Businem Col-

i Prepare" your foxes for eral feeding of No gro texture. fully fur-red metal“!!! their beautiful

color‘

Manuiacturere: '

illrnlul.

Attention, Fox Rancher! .“i.et’s Speakmf Felts"

season by lib-

pelting)

IMPERIAL F X BISCUITS.

‘sax food can surpass them in promoting of superior thick-skinned pelts of finest

with diamond-iikeslleen,

and desirable prime

_I not new feeding “IMPERIALS,” delay no longer for delays are dangerous and unprofit-

ble. .. . “For highest priced pelts. feed

‘inwmsmats "I a alsclilreourilnv, Lu.

Charlottetown, P. E. I.‘ m. Ilaarfe m om all level

A... AHMQBMPBSTS SAVE

irrigation farms- ’ with. because of the

most alarming aspect of the dande- lion problem in recent years in Western ‘Canada has been the ra-

splcad in the alfalfa fields of the older irrigated districts. Many of time fields. save Mr. a. a. Palmer, of the Dominion Experimental Bta- Aiberta, were so badly over-run that the alfalfa ap- peared to.be almost entirely crowd- ’ necessary to plough the fields and seed other

ro .

At first the farmers thought that the old fields which had been in tinuously for ten years or more were the only ones being

alfalfa plants thinning out with taking their Plwe- H°W°Vfll2 investigation show-

DTB-Scht in most places. but were

also noted that the alfalfa was of-

vealed that while old alfalfa fields were unusually over-run. many that had been seeded qrliy three or four years before were badly contamin- ated. But in ahnost every instance such fields had been in alfalfa for

{Though .still present are but a spindly under- growth. other similar fields have responded to phosphate in the same way and it now seems evident that alfalfa will keep dandelions in check as

dill/dc VI—-l Elmer MacDonald. a

Mabel MacDonald. 2 Helen MaoDanald, 3 Muriel Mac-

_ has returned home from a visit to Montreal.

.

THE CHARLOTTETOWLN“ ousannuv

o

NEWS Y NOTES

IIIZI-l eer-

(Jlover Seed a.

‘One of the many results

in‘

ilillruun

Till rsnsa amass ‘ crop of clover seedin all’ the prin- 1:: ' or u“ ‘Th: fiilentkfggmhfge toiltiiyqnzlptalrish- on)“ Se“ pwduclng munmes’ and’ " it might be well. under the pres- ' so far as Canada is concerned. the

ent agricultural situation, to brief- ly recall a. few ancient but none the less valuable facts relative to the importance of compcsts.

Qua-W" b)’ Bil‘ Walter Scott. This ‘i! a capital story of Scottish social The richness cf s soil other meg é-hme; c1”: o! "the mm . ocn . ~

things being favourable. depends b“: 11;: 21193021225: 12;: ‘m the dflllth I-Ild ilillfliii-Y (Y! the {manners and customs and the in- iubiim" WWW" B5 hum"! whim cldents are vividly portrayed ' and i‘ ‘mp3’ “m” “Wes- Y°°"5. "m- are not unlike some that I met with which have been left on the land. m Nortlmmbermnd when I w“ ,1 mmrlv ti“ 8°11 as made from small boy. Sir Walter rowel-cs the rocks was all the same color, but and o; ms 5pm. "hm to the Ville natural humus formed from,‘ ~15“, mm» (ind “has "poevs eaves, ass, etc.. gives th top. u _ ‘lt‘i"ss':lsi.r'r.i.rr

In order to improve his ‘soil the "mu? pfl‘»g,°.fs°’°,,ffi',e‘,'f.fd»°'.ikfl mllaifgeggfxfflh; $011} Iiluilitawe from a. little-known but interesting u” ‘and but suafcumv? i" i): publication called “Tales and Trad- expmum- to éhe 8k "ma; $61111“, 1&1’? £10m the Tleefissfiale Mere/all‘!!! decayed leaves and since the crop T6313: ldigieitxmgut uzfegtflifse 12pm? i‘ “mm” 1mm the lmd- We mu“ ing specimen ‘the present writer ixggieaeagg the “atunl met/hm! 1n all! rgetrt to orthodox spelling lest

This is accomplished by the care- shgulzi nfgasll afrllgwflprolilgflllxfligg: {it presfervationtlaéidl getting under blegslngg on hi; h _"__

e sur ace of and as much The swryP-“s cmmsmas coma barnyard mum“ a’ Push“; b7 roond, year efter year. maist o’ folk

I188

est. The

can-led them clean

and the

still

wpg 0110C.

0c. whiles played

r9-

i’ that day . . . Inst Christmas Eve. myself and two or three more in my house. was talking about old times. and among other events. the threatened invasion of England by Bonaparte, about seventy years since-what was called “The False Alarm"—and what happened at Barney Cassel, (Barnard Castle.) a picturesque town on the river Tees in Durham County.) The volun- teers of Barney Cassel, Middleton, Staindrop. and all the dale of the Tees, was called the “Teasdale led-

ally by composting, which is only piling materials to be rotted, in heaps rather than turning it under in the fields.

Probably the use of commercial fertilizer tends to encourage care- lessness in the disposal of waste materials; at least the old practice 0f making compacts u a. lost art which might well be revived when suitable material-is available.

. Composts are made of materials

ed off. Matthew Hutton, out Vifhortion way, was

and

and-

ing to take charge of. "It was a strange an

with d1“ t g no I 1_ -that a little while before had piled m, lows. “an um n‘! u 1° glon." Barney Cassel was their arms, and had something sent out‘ the IPMawrmL, whm‘ an mh m headquarters and there was twelve to them to eat and drink-was now‘

hundred 0' them. Mr. Morritt, of

Raewkeby (Rpkeby) Park was their

colonel or head officer. It happen-

ed on Thursday, the second of

February, eighteen hundred and

tower . . . ‘

"My father was one of the Bar-

ney Cassel men in the Legion and

I've heard him give all the history. of the concern so often that I can‘ tell it very near as well as he could

himself. My father was a young

chap then. not married. and. he liv-

ed in Galgit (Galiowgatle Street)

plant food; such as fish waste con- “u “gum "m1" “m5?

taming nitrogen and phosphoric 801d. and seaweed ooetaining pot- ash and nitrogen.

2.—'I‘hose with some plant food but which decay fuming much humus. as sods, straw, etc.

Ii-Materials which absorb water and thus keep the pile daimp which is the best condition for the decay process to go on: such are straw, peat. and sawdust.

4.—-Matlerials which absorb am- monia and gases with bad odor re- sulting from the decay of the nit- rogen material, such as peat, soil plaster, and acid phosphate. i-Those which provide bacteria which produce rapid decay of straw“ seaweed, etc. Manure, of course, cannot be excelled for this purpose. ii-Materials which encourage the action of the bacteria which r -~ change‘ ammonia in-tonitrates, the only available form of nitrogen. lime, ashes, plaster will have this effect. ‘ Some of these materials benefit the compost in several ways. Man- ure. for example, will provide not only available plant food as potash. but also bacteria and material such as the crude fibre of the feed which will decay to form humus. When such materials are mixed in suitable proportions and allow- ed to stand through one season, a very valuable fertilizer is obtained. The difference in the effect of various materials is shown by the following: ' One hundred pounds of peat will hold 000 pounds of water and 1.1 pounds of ammonia. while the same am ‘ of sawdust will hold 435 pouifds of water and practically no ammonia. From the foregoing it follows that a. good compost must be made

Women and bairns was was the the

Steps or benches. crying

poor bodies. It was sad that ‘the volunteers

has the Miy father had gone to bed. and hadn't been long asleep,,when he was awakened with the sound of the bugle. But I must first say that this invasion was by no means unexpected-everybody knew. that it might happen any day or night, and therefore all was prepared. The volunteers had their uniforms and muskets in their bedrooms; their knapsacks packed; three days cooked provisions always at handy and sixty rounds of ball cartridges in their pouches. Horses and carts were ready, with food. bedding and extra clothing, to take the women, bairns and old and sick folk west- ward, when it was known that the invaders was marching into the country; and old men and young lads that could not carry a musket was appointed to drive the carts and look after the horses. Seah yell see thar was nowt wanting (lacking)

"My father, as I said. was mused up with the sound of the bugle, and was dressed and armed in a few minutes. His mother was stand- ing at the door. »-to say a. few part- ing words to him. "Tom," she says, "thoufls gannin now to meet th’ French and mobbie aw'll nivver see tha again." "Why, mother," he says, "there's many more going as

i ‘ii be t, up of various materials. For err-inf‘? Qiymgktezim itfffiqur kmiw

‘we? d mztws: i that," she answers, “but you're the m i i - I l , d. it‘ h rd to moss, weeds. or couch roots in al- fi?tha5atle_ ‘inn; imadown temate layers each about six inches 0MB", 5nd when he so; w the u; m‘ m“ 322:5 3:25“ iggnkgg: corner, there was Joe Stivvison, the °um°°7 b1.—h tit ih-lk phosphate should be‘ used every few » .,}“‘,§L toxin, to‘: sum?‘ ‘$2.; $2.2- inches. Thmwhole pile is covered.“ o; yeu5_b]gw1ng away with with earth. After the rapid deoayigll his strengh, H‘. was an excei- M m“ 5mm“ “k” Pm“ “milent bugle‘: and a steady toldler, miiixgiulnsgmngs‘ b” $3533 alwavy‘ at his post. Thcrc was one m - a -" t. b l ' i our - earth. This compost would then be (at pa“??? ‘s: §,§,,.‘,§’_"f,§,d“,,,,o,§§, ready for use the following-ellfinl- at Star-fut. (Stairfootr-name of a Fish WY be Wmwm Wlhblw‘ steep street.) The thunder of the 8°11- " "m? mil“ °l' 9°“ "l!" drums filled the streets; Blenkin- in the neighborhood, no better eom- ship, Whitfield, and the rest of the posting substance could be used. drummers—and there was a lot o; After being dug and piled it them-striding up~and down. an shoiuldbe allowed tothoroughly air- laying on with all their might. dry and weather. If, however. muck There was a continual clatter of is not accessible, good loam will belts and bayonets as the volun- serve th purpose. The compostiieers ran from all quarters of the we "in r re.:::.*":.r:r ill’."“'..."i."“°..“'.’.."‘”" “We... i‘; 6 in . Q ; ere was a. g and afuigks, a. layer of the ofehirness :1 the horses was led ‘latter being uppermost. Sprinkle ‘out to be yoked to the baggage- eech layer of fish offal with quick wagons. Lanicms was flitting about: lime or wood ashes. a convenient there wllalishi in vervdnear ever; 0mm‘, mm ow; gnd many oors an o: the he” m ‘windows standing open. But there

“we; gzetgadl-igtmhyw g “$.13 was no confusion. everybody hav- p ling been drilled to their work for

fféhfi," wfifidfi fimf weeks before. Then on‘ Baxton m.» ed ovei-‘once or twice to check ek- and Laurie! W" weld be "an ""1 cessive fermentation and to make bee-aim flNl thf°WmB W‘? ma’ the mass uniform. If, dltrilll the waning flames. and along line of fermentation the composting mass lights on the hill-was ehowfid ‘that “Mm” an.’ n “mum b, mogul“; new; of the invasion was as nl 005mm“ mm“ be t,” gm“. to the farthest corner of the dale. not satlu-eted with water. "When my father got near the length of time to bring the whole (Market) Cross. if 1'21"“?! “fir; mus ma. fine condition will some H0"- hehsa" l-"im M, _d_ much upon_ the weather. l! the TQM‘. W N9 00mg‘ Y s “Mn m i- r“ "‘...t..‘“"“°’i.i“.‘l.'?‘ W..."‘§3‘.“ii‘.' s: 2:..::';....= a‘: m” F" '99’ u“ w - Willie 0rd boloihi 1a lantern 1:: tiled .0! him to see it by. Be ore one o'c wxpsgstasfh. be used w m- ih when. new "m" °"- mo; ma. u». land tom seeded min-vellum ratifie- "i- f; or-fertepdreesinghailand. ._t_caneafll<>iiia¢ W"! - A ' ‘the morning wore on there as a deal of inquiries as to where had lauded. Some said ac willtby, some Hartlepool and others at. ounderla d: but nobody knelt exactly when. It was certain. however. that he had landed. and would have to be fourht. and the"

i‘ .. _ ‘

,it was a terrible reality.

‘and the band h

the

anywhere been seen. A

alarm for scores however, it showed that

possible that most of

was joyful enough

husbands and fathers

streets of Barney Cassel. "Before the volunteers

keep up their discipline.

turned out to meet the e

the staindrop men went

hadn't to be called out

flinchcd. 1' this day. if

land. t’ volunteers now

better than thar

the Border Counties of

the shores of Britain.

the Tegucigalpa region,

5E5

WEN drowned. 011 Jilly

8

u

earth's strata remained

by town! dcstroyrd by an

es that belonged to the Legion Rave Just re-read “The Anti- gathered in as fast they could. The Staindrop and streatlam division marched in with their drums and flfes playing. Some came on horse- back. some in gigs, carts, o.» any- thing that would bring them soon- “Heelanders" could be heard cheering as they entered ho town, before they came in s Up the Bank (steep street)

came with their long swinging stride —Just such a step as would have through best regiment. Bonaparte had, if the Frenchmen had been unlucky enough to have met with them. They mostly belonged to the Gren- adiers and Light Infantry and they fell into their places on the flanks of the Legion without a word, and ready for anything. Ail these hai| seen the beacon-fires. as soon n4 they'd been seen at Barney Cassel, and started for head-quarters

“The band in the Market Place "Britons. home," or "Rule, Britannia." and a tune that was a great favorite

go away till the Legion had march-

man over these carts. He was over old for a, volunteer but very useful in the part he took up. "He was a good and kind man, well to do. and there was many comforts pro- vided and paid for out of his own pocket for them that he was go-

scene at daylight. The volunteers

their“ line reaching from the Cross, Market Place and the Horse Mar- ket. round the corner, and up Gal- git as far as General Hugonin's.

here and there, or sitting on house- bing, but a.s quietly as they coul

should have to separate from their fam- ilies, and in such a way tom-the men marching off in one direction with his mother, that was a. widow. g to fight; the women “and bairns going in anothcigand. they. hardly knowing where. There was no jok- ing in all this. So far as all knew

before the day was over the Legion would be engaged with the French.

“It was known that the regiment would have to go eastward, arid Just as the word w s given to march, struck up ac- cordingly, there came a man gal- loping along Newgit as hard as he could, and another-horseman f_ Darnton (Burlington) way. ,li,nil was soon announced ‘ that‘ Bona- parte had not landed and hadjnot